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FLEX-6000 Signature Series – Maestro User Guide

band. All other features of Maestro including multiple Slices, wide bandwidth views of the

spectrum, etc. are all available on the transverter band.

The second way to select a transverter band is to directly enter the frequency of the desired

operation into the Slice Receiver. For example, entering “1296.” (don’t forget the decimal point to

tell Maestro that we want to go to 1296MHz) will move the Panadapter and Slice to 1296MHz.

To return to an HF band, simply enter the HF frequency that you wish to change or select the HF

bands with the HF band button.

27.2 MULTIPLE COPIES OF A BAND

In some situations, it may be desirable to have multiple copies of a signal frequency on the

radio. For example, if you have a high power 144 to 28MHz transverter in use on a FLEX-6700, the

radio will not know whether to tune to the internal 144MHz band or the external transverter. This

ambiguity is resolved in two ways: First, if the band is selected using the band buttons, the radio

will always know which band to switch to. If direct frequency entry is used, the following rules are

used to select the band of operation:

 If the Panadapter is currently in a band that would match the entered frequency, Maestro

remains in the current band.

 The most recently used band that matches the frequency entered will be selected.

Example:

 The current Panadapter is tuned to 50.125MHz

 There is an external 144 to 28MHz transverter on a FLEX-6700 with an internal 2m band

 The most recently used 144MHz band is the external 144-28MHz transverter

 A direct frequency entry of “144.2” is typed

 The radio will select the external 144-28MHz transverter and tune it to 144.200MHz

 The Panadapter will indicate the selected band by placing a “144” (or whatever name was

given to the transverter band) in the upper right of the Panadapter If this is not the desired

result -- if you intended to switch to the internal 2m band -- just use the Band selection to

switch to this band in the Panadapter. At this point, the radio will switch to the correct

band and it will become the “favorite” band the next time a direct frequency is entered.

27.3 TRANSVERTER POWER SETTINGS

The operation of the RF power slider in Maestro is set by the Max Power setting in the transverter

setup. Setting the RF power slider to 100 will set the power to the Max Power setting. The zero

setting will shut off all RF power from the transverter port. A setting of 1 results in a power level of

20 dB below the maximum power. For example, if a Max Power setting of +5dBm was configured,

the slider “0” position would have no power, and “1” would be +5dBm - 20dB = -15dBm. The 50%

setting on the slider will be +5dBm - 10dB = -5dBm.

FlexRadio Signature FLEX-6000 Series User Manual

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